Chapter 436 — Encounter in Another World
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
When the Flood Dragon King Deity saw that Shen Mu had also dropped to the ground feigning death, he was at a loss. He was a deity — the august Flood Dragon King Deity, a noble flood dragon god — how could he, like Shen Mu and Xue Hu'er and the rest, shamelessly feign death to escape calamity? Thud.
The Flood Dragon King Deity collapsed, limbs twisted, his death pose far more wretched than Shen Mu's — clearly not his first time.
That massive face lowered; the stone statue seemed to have poor eyesight, its enormous face nearly grazing their bodies as it swept past, and everyone held their breath, motionless. "Iii-shh—" The stone statue let out a long sound from its mouth, then slowly straightened and walked into the darkness, the thudding of its footsteps gradually fading.
"This stone statue seems to be searching for something. " Shen Mu leaped to his feet and mused, "Where did they come from? The Wasteland?
Or another world?
What are they searching for? " Xue Hu'er and the flood dragons all scrambled up, and the Flood Dragon King Deity dusted himself off.
Xue Hu'er praised, "Flood Dragon King Deity, among us all you played dead the most convincingly — you must have practiced many times!
When you have time, you must teach me! " The Flood Dragon King Deity flushed red and stammered, "I did not!
Don't talk nonsense! Feigning death relies on talent. . .
" Shen Mu walked forward and said, "Let us continue searching. Everyone be careful — who knows if there are other stone statues here!
Flood Dragon King Deity, what do you make of that stone statue just now? " The Flood Dragon King Deity pondered a moment and said, "That stone statue most likely does not come from the Wasteland. " Shen Mu was slightly startled.
"Not from the Wasteland?
Why do you say so?
" "The stone statues of the Wasteland are weathered by wind and rain, hardened by frost — they are all very old. But this stone statue is remarkably fresh, as if it had just turned to stone. " The Flood Dragon King Deity was not certain either.
"Still, the Wasteland has the most stone statues, and the strangest ones. Perhaps the statue did come from the Wasteland — likely it hid in some sealed space, and so does not appear old. " Shen Mu pondered and mused, "Could it be that many stone statues were buried beneath the Divine Severance Mountains, and when the mountains were destroyed, these statues burst forth from the earth?
" "That is possible. " The Flood Dragon King Deity said, "My lord, the Dragon Keeper Lord once said that the origins of the Divine Severance Mountains were most peculiar.
This mountain range blocks the Wasteland, dividing the Wasteland from Jingping.
Within the Wasteland all is chaos, yet outside the Wasteland all is safe and sound. There must be something wrong inside the Divine Severance Mountains. " They ventured deeper into this strange land. The gray mist grew thicker, the darkness deeper, and the air was filled with a maddening oppression.
From time to time the rumbling of the Quake Cauldron drifted from afar, boom after boom. Shen Mu followed the vibrations forward, and before long they encountered a second stone statue. This deity statue was also searching through the darkness and mist, as if likewise seeking something.
"There is some truth to the Flood Dragon King Deity's words. " Shen Mu avoided the statue and thought, "These stone statues most likely come from beneath the Divine Severance Mountains! " A mountain range that cuts off the strangeness of the Wasteland is itself profoundly strange.
By what means do the Divine Severance Mountains hold back the darkness of the Wasteland?
This time the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping had used the Quake Cauldron to shatter the Divine Severance Mountains, allowing the darkness of the Wasteland to invade over a hundred li. From this alone, the mountains had indeed served to block the darkness.